Chaeles kennedy



CHARLES KENNEDY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent .ZV0. 68,444, date0l September 3, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOOM-HEDDLIIS.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it kn own that I, CHARLES KENNEDY, of Philadelphin, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in the Oonstruction of Heddles for Looms; und I d0 hereby declme the following 120 be a. full, dem, and cxnctdescription of the same, reference being had 120 the accompanyi'ng drawing, and to the letters of refexence marked thereon.

My inventio n c'onsists of a heddle wire, composed of a. flat wixe or strip of metal, in which an eye is formcd by cutting 01' splitting the wiro am]. bending t-he severed arts aw;my from euch other, all a.s described hereafter.

In order to ennblo others skille l in the art to make und use my invention. I will now proqeed to dcscribe its construction und operation, referencc being had to the accompnnying drmving, Which forms a part of this specification und in whieh Figure 1 represonts a front view of two heddle wircs, drawn to an enlarged scale, und made according to' my improvement.

Figure 2 a. sectional pla.n of a number of the heddle wires on the 1ine 1-2, fig. 1; und

Figure 3 a side view of one 0f the wires.

In making my improved heddles, I use thin strips of rolled metal, such, for instance, as the ligllt fiat wires cmployed in the manufa.cture of feeds fo1 looms, two of these wires, A A, being shown in the draxfing. ]3y means of a. suita.ble tool I split oach wire on the line a, midway between it's opposite edges, the split being of length suflicient to form the desired eye, whiuh is made by benrling one portion, b, in one directidn, and another portion, b, in an opposite directionthis bending being accomplished by a drop-press o1 ofher suitable instrument, 01 the cutting and bending may be accomp lished simu1ta-neously. An clongated. eye d, is thus foxmed in euch wire, the upper am! Iower corners x x 0f tho eye being IEndered smooth und frec from sharp o1 rough edges, which might cut 01 fray th Walpthreuds. The Wires are arranged side by side, as Seen in figs. 1 und 2, the warp-threads e e pnssing through the eyes, while there is sufiicient distance between the wires \vhere the eyes occur 1:0 permit the warp-threads ff to pass freely. The upper and lower en ls of the wires may be attaqhed to the hedle-bars in :my dsired manner. 'Ihe p]:m employed for securing the wircs of 1eeds ma.y, for instance, be used. y

It will be seen with'out further description tha.t a heddle composed of wircs constructed as above must be both efiicient und durable, a.nd thzit eyes of. any dimensions to suit the wa.rp nmy be made in the wires.

I wish it 1:0 be understood that I do not desire to claim broadly flat heddle wires, having holes made thereih for tl1e reception of the wnrp-threads, as such wires a1e desoribed in the patent granted to B. Hartford und W. B. Tilton, Deceuiber 29, 1837; but I claim aamy invontion, und desire to secure by Letters Patent A heddle wire composed of fia.t wirc 01 meta1 stri p in which an eye is formed by cutting or splitting the wire and bending the severed arts mv-ay from euch other, as herein set forth.

In testimopy whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

H. Howso:w, WM. HALL WAXLER. 

